HPDBC Chapter 366 All this talk of dual cultivation is a lie!
Chapter 366 All this talk of dual cultivation is a lie!
The colorful beam of light did not last long; after only a few seconds, the light disappeared without a trace.
The crack in the sky quickly closed, and the sky returned to its original blue.
The piercing alarms at the Qinling base also came to an abrupt halt.
Chen You looked down at the red glass plate in his hand.
"What was that just now?" Zhang Yunhai put away his gun and stared intently at the big screen.
Chen You looked down at the red glass plate in his hand.
The green checkmark on the screen has disappeared, and the normal chat interface has been restored.
Chen You immediately reached out and frantically tapped the screen.
[Chen You: What did you just do? What was that light?]
The message was sent out, but it disappeared without a trace.
[Chen You: Feed? Speak up! If you don't speak, the dual cultivation is canceled!]
There has still been no response.
That invincible beauty who kept calling me "brother" seemed to have vanished into thin air.
"Stop sending it." Zhang Yunhai frowned and walked to Chen You's side. "We might have fallen into a trap."
Chen You was taken aback: "You've fallen for a trap?"
"Dual cultivation may just be a facade."
Zhang Yunhai pointed to the beam of light that pierced through the universe captured on the big screen.
"Her real purpose was probably just those few seconds."
"The so-called transaction was just a ploy to obtain an energy transfer port."
Chen You felt a chill run down his back.
"So... what did she send out? Or did she bring something in?"
Nobody knows.
Sun Feng typed rapidly on the keyboard, cold sweat already beading on his forehead.
"Undetectable! The level of that energy is too high, completely beyond our current understanding of physics."
"It didn't cause any real damage to the Earth, it was like... just a glance."
Professor Pan Yu pushed up his glasses and shared his guess.
"She deliberately made such outrageous demands that challenge the bottom line of human morality and the limits of human cognition in order to divert our attention."
"All she needs is your 'confirm transaction' permission in the Source Realm system."
"So, I just opened the door for her myself?" Chen You looked at Li Guoan. "Director Li, did I mess up?"
Li Guoan did not answer immediately.
He braced his hands on the conference table, his eyes fixed on the images transmitted back from the space station on the large screen.
"This is not your problem." Li Guoan turned to look at Chen You, his tone calm.
"Besides, the fact that she needs to go through you to gain access means that she is bound by some rules and cannot do whatever she wants."
"What we need to do now is not to panic, but to figure out exactly what she did."
Li Guoan picked up the teacup, and the warm tea calmed him down considerably.
"Xiao Chen, get back into the game right now."
"Check if there have been any changes at the system level. If she really did something tamper with it, the Source Realm couldn't possibly remain unaffected."
"clear."
Chen You didn't waste any words. Just as he was about to leave the guild territory, Li Guoan spoke up again.
"The main focus is tonight's guild boss battle. We'll see if she delivers on her promise of a 'stage' then."
"If it's fulfilled, the transaction is still ongoing; if it's not fulfilled..."
A cold glint flashed in Li Guoan's eyes.
"That means we might have been tricked by high-dimensional data."
With a flash of white light, Chen You returned to Hidden Star City once again.
The sky remained clear, with white clouds drifting lazily by.
There were no cracks, no beams of light; everything appeared peaceful and serene.
NPCs and players come and go, carrying out their daily activities in an orderly manner.
He ignored the awe-inspiring gazes and whispers of the surrounding players and headed straight for the Supreme Tower.
Pushing open the magnificent doors of the Supreme Building, a familiar aura of wealth washes over you.
Hill was leaning over the counter, holding a pure gold abacus and turning the keys with a deafening clatter.
Chen You walked to the counter and tapped the table with his fingers.
"Don't worry about your meager savings," Chen You said.
Hill looked up and saw Chen You. His eyes lit up, but he quickly concealed it and put on a businesslike expression.
"Hey, isn't this our boss Chen?" Hill put down his abacus and crossed his arms.
"What, what new money-grabbing... oh no, what new idea to benefit the players?"
Chen You had no interest in joking around at this point and went straight to the point.
"Did anything strange happen in the game just now?"
"Strange thing? What do you mean?" Hill rolled her eyes.
"Where did this massive brawl break out? Or is some berserker running naked in the square? Strange things happen every day."
"Not a player." Chen You stared into Hill's eyes.
"It's the system. Is there a server-wide announcement? Or some kind of unusual phenomenon? Like the sky cracking open, or there being colorful beams of light or something?"
Hill stopped what he was doing and looked at Chen You suspiciously.
"Did you secretly purchase some in-game gift pack from another NPC without my knowledge?"
"no."
"Really not?" Hill didn't believe it. "Then why are you asking this? The sky is cracking? Do you think the Source Realm is made of paper? The system's mainframe is running stably, with no abnormal data fluctuations."
Chen You frowned.
With such a huge commotion in Baiyujing, why is there no reaction in the main city?
He changed direction.
"Check out a guild for me," Chen You said. "It's called [Center for the Origin of the Universe]. See what their current situation is."
Hill stopped using the solid gold abacus in his hand.
She raised her head, her eyes showing a hint of coldness: "Investigate the guild? Boss Chen, do you have some misunderstanding about my scope of business?"
Chen You didn't say anything, but with a flick of his wrist, a thousand gold coins landed on the counter.
Hill's gaze swept over the gold coin, he swallowed hard, but still pushed the coin back.
"Article Seven of the Origin Realm Privacy Protection Law states that no NPC may disclose the core data of other guilds to players."
"This is the underlying logic; even if I took your money, I couldn't explain it."
"I don't need to see their guild's core data." Chen You pushed the gold coins back in front of Hill and added another thousand.
"I just want to know if anything 'special' has happened within this guild."
"For example, suddenly there's a new light source, or the base is bombed."
Hill stared at the two thousand gold coins, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the edge of the abacus.
She glanced around to make sure there were no other players nearby before quickly sweeping the coins into the drawer.
"It's a special case..." Hill lowered his voice and leaned forward.
"If you're asking if the base was bombed, that's definitely not the case. But there is some gossip."
"What gossip?"
Hill's expression turned somewhat strange. "Their president just gave birth."
Chen You was stunned.
"Give birth? What do you mean by giving birth?" Chen You wondered if he had misheard.
"Literal meaning." Hill shrugged. "The whole guild is celebrating the birth of their son."
"What kind of special circumstance is this? Can't a couple have a child?" Chen You frowned.
Hill gave him a look that said, "Isn't this something you need to know?"
Chen You sighed, "Fine, let's leave it at that."
He opened his friends list, and Moon Arrow's avatar was still lit up.